Abbi Glines Quotes

I'm so excited for readers to get their hands on 'The Spring Girls.'

I've seen 'Fried Green Tomatoes' too many times. I love life stories told in flashback.

When I was young, I loved a series of books by an author called Maud Hart Lovelace and the series, which is still around, I'm happy to say, is - they're the 'Betsy-Tacy' books.

I had never heard of 'young adult novels,' which I guess are about teenage gangs and the new boy in town or something.

Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.

'Wingnuts' is the first book bearing the imprint of Beast Books.

'Puffball' is a love story... no, it's a life story.

Robin Wasserman is the author of several books, including 'Hacking Harvard,' 'Chasing Yesterday,' 'Seven Deadly Sins,' and her latest, 'Skinned.'

My first proper kiss was from Cara Shucksmith when I was 13 or 14 at her birthday party.

I read YA novels constantly, so I really want to be in a young adult rom-com, but I worry that I'm aging into the parent role, which is a little scary.

For me, the best high school movie is, like, 'Fast Times' and what Cameron Crowe is like.

My first proper relationship was at 16 in college.

I love the romance in Kimberly Derting's 'The Body Finder.' 'Cold Kiss' by Amy Garvey is unbelievably touching - and about so much more than just romantic love.

I was the offbeat character that had to kiss the offbeat boys and, ugh, some of the boys they brought in. There was one boyfriend in particular, we had to climb a mountain, and he was just weird and awful, and I hated it. So the producers left a big bag of Hershey Kisses after that taping saying, "Here are some kisses you will actually enjoy. Thanks for doing this." Isn't that so nice?

AJ' is a very special movie to me. I have been watching Dinesh and Rajkumar from their initial days, and have witnessed their evolution. The film talks about the bond shared between a father and a son who wants to fulfil his father's dreams. It's a cross between a comedy of errors and a political satire.

I have read the 'Divergent' series. I obviously read 'Harry Potter.'

With only one novel to her credit, Anna Jarzab can't quite be classified in Werlin country, but 'All Unquiet Things' is a big step in that direction.

I want to wear school uniforms. I want to do something like the movie 'Our Times.'

'The Wood' was sort of like 'American Graffiti' for me in a lot of different ways.

I am a sucker for that childhood romance narrative.

I met my first boyfriend when we were 13, playing 'Dungeons and Dragons' in the basement of my local comics shop. We were from the same small town in Maine but went to different schools.

Some of my favorite books to read are young adult books.

'Hudugaru' is a remake of the Tamil film 'Nadodigal.' The film is about what happens when relationships between friends or lovers is taken casually. The film will appeal to youngsters and families alike.

The time frame is summer 1961, a year after the gold medal in the National Science Fair. I always saw my 'Coalwood' books as a trilogy. This book finishes the story of my life in Coalwood. I think it's the best of the three.

I suppose the book I really remember loving as a child was one called 'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton, about a gang of kids from the wrong side of the tracks in Sixties Oklahoma. I grew up in the Eighties in Nottinghamshire, but this tale of troubled, but essentially good, kids - or 'greasers' - was something I completely connected with.